Senior RF Design Engineer

About the role

Effector RF Design Department is responsible for designing RF and Microwave hardware, including transmitters, receivers, and exciters. This includes design and test activities that span preliminary design to integration. Products we develop support radar and datalink applications on a variety of tactical missile programs. Critical to this role is designing for challenging mechanical constraints and extreme environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and development of transmitters, receivers or exciters
• Design of circuit card assemblies (CCAs) with RF or mixed signals
• Work in a lab to accomplish component characterization as well as module verification and integration
• Test and handle sensitive RF Hardware
• Schematic capture and RF routing
• Partner with interdisciplinary teams - power, digital, mechanical, etc.

Requirements

• Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
• Security Clearance Type: DoD Clearance: Secret
• Security Clearance Status: Ability to obtain INTERIM U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of five years of prior relevant experience to include any combination of the following:
• Experience with RF design and fabrication
• Experience with RF testing and troubleshooting
• Experience with the simulation of RF products
• Experience with any of the following tools:
• Mentor DX Designer or equivalent
• High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) or equivalent
• SystemVue/Genesys or equivalent
• Advanced Design System (ADS) or equivalent

What We Offer

• Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world.
• This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.
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Pay

The salary range for this role is 86,800 USD - 165,200 USD.